Looking-Glass Eurocommunism

MARY MARTINEZ

Hours after the five bodyguards of Aldo Moro had been mowed down with 83 bullets from Russian and Czech guns, Italy’s Communist-dominated trade unions conjured up massive rallies in all the principal cities to show solidarity with the kidnapped Christian Democratic leader, their podiums flying the red flag of the Soviet Union. Such is the atmosphere of make-believe in Italy today that nobody batted an eye.

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Mary Martinez

MARY MARTINEZ

Hours after the five bodyguards of Aldo Moro had been mowed down with 83 bullets from Russian and Czech guns, Italy’s Communist-dominated trade unions conjured up massive rallies in all the principal cities to show solidarity with the kidnapped Christian Democratic leader, their podiums flying the red flag of the Soviet Union. Such is the atmosphere of make-believe in Italy today that nobody batted an eye.